"August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury

[@K-bb2bc]

This house reads poetry to a dead woman every night… I never thought I would feel this kind of genuine sympathy for a building

[@arielbac0n]

When i was in middle school i had a princple who knew ray bradbury and managed to get like 30 students a copy of ray bradbury's "frenhiet 451" with a signature from Bradbury himself... Its a prized possession of mine lol.

[@screamofsodak6562]

arielbac0n I envy you

[@NoName-xc4hk]

Now that he passed away, that is probably very rare to come by. You could sell it for a lot, but if I were you I wouldn’t.

[@ElRiki77]

tf is frenhiet

[@barbarahecht4617]

@@ElRiki77 that should be Fahrenheit. People these days can't/won't try to spell correctly anymore. You're supposed to guess what they're saying 🙄.

[@tuduluoo7408]

​@@barbarahecht4617Yep stay mad ❤

[@dragonblasterz7068]

The dog reminded me of the house; they both survived the nuclear blast and both of their masters had perished during it. Then both did and were burned in the end.

[@JaneDoe-kn5sd]

There's a house referencing this story in Fallout 3.

[@themandownstairs4643]

Jane Doe the one with the radiation leaking in downtown eh?

[@classifiedx4901]

Jane Doe I'm gonna look for it, where is it located?

[@ediot1426]

no the creepypasta referenced the the game

[@tristen4142]

Classified X It’s the Mclean family house. It’s a townhouse located in Georgetown, good luck finding it.

[@Coliocoliocolio]

The story references fallout 3

[@septogram7]

It is 2014 and I still come back to listen to this story. Thank you for the reading MCP. Rest in peace Ray Bradbury. Rest in peace amongst the soft rains and the smell of the ground.

[@violetfemme411]

Nice 👌

[@jacobsharp1317]

lol

[@holliann4193]

2☢️22

[@sebcalabro6252]

Come back friend, you deserve to listen again.

[@grizzlybearsd]

This mellow/nostalgia/Sci-fi type of pasta is so amazing. It's so descriptive and to the point. I was able picture everything that was being said, like a movie I guess. My favorite pasta so far. I can see this as a movie or short. Would love to see this as an animation, maybe directed by Tim Burton? I honestly see this story as a stop motion animation like Coraline, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Wallace & Gromit, etc. I'm just so obsessed with this type of genre

[@Gh0st652]

There is an animated short, although it is in Russian, if that even matters to you. It's on KZbin

[@MarsupialMason]

Then you should read anything by ray bradbury or john wyndham. Both amazing authors that write stories you feel that your in. Amazing really

[@FHSlipKnot4Ever]

I'd suggest "Something Wicked This Way Comes" by Bradbury. One of my favorites by him.

[@grizzlybearsd]

It's a pasta, period. 🙅‍♀️💅🏻

[@barbarahecht4617]

@@grizzlybearsd No, it's not just a pasta. It's a short story by Ray Bradbury which has been available to readers long before creepy pastas were even thought of. Bradbury is responsible for some of the best short stories I have ever heard in my life. Too bad that's a concept that you cannot comprehend.

[@DavidLee-id3lf]

August 4th 2026 the new back to the future day

[@dubscrubgames1348]

+David Lee lol

[@connor48880]

We’ve got 6 more years boys Set your calendars

[@themerrymaker7144]

2 more years

[@DavidLee-id3lf]

@@themerrymaker7144Finally, it feels like I've been waiting forever

[@tabithacurlin1294]

my English class was reading along to this recording of the story. I recognized your voice immediately but couldn't remember your name till my friend pointed it out. great job on this, even though it's a relatively old video now I still find it a great telling of the story

[@HeatherBrand23]

If I had a clock like that I would shoot it, telling me what to do every second, pfft

[@JelloGoesLive]

My favorite author... I was so devastated when he passed. Thank you for doing a reading of this story.

[@silvaajess]

I read this in class with his narration and when the teacher said "the narration by mrcreepypasta" everyone screamed and were omg I know him

[@shaunaniguns]

It says: "Mrs. McClellan, which poem would you like this evening?" Mrs. McClellan. Not Mrs. McLennan. This reading was done very well. I also enjoy the reading by Leonard Nimoy.

[@dferver]

As the date gets closer, I can see this more as a premonition of what's to come, rather than a simple sci-fi story that I read casually in 1994 in English class...

[@ParadigmBlaster]

Just 3 years away, now...

[@inannaenigma9391]

2 years or less…

[@TheUnseenKrab]

I read this story in Eng 3 back in 2010.

[@tmk20221]

I'm glad I rediscovered this, I remember reading it for school and really liking it

[@NerfSniperInSouthern]

I heard this with the same narration from Mr Creepypasta! LOL Like if you heard this in middle school!

[@genesisrail]

MiDNiTE_FaNG I didn’t hear this in middle school, (I wish I did,) but I just find the fact that you did awesome and hilarious

[@Quintinity]

freaking love this story. so much meaning in a few pages.

[@indictmntt]

I remember when you first released this... it never got the recognition it deserved... :')

[@SilverGummiShark]

It's hard for me to describe the way this chills me... But I've never felt such a mixture of sadness, amusement, and horror in all my life. RIP Ray Bradbury.

[@InsaneGold]

Your narration of this is still wonderful to hear, and still brings me to tears. Only 6 years until 2026 comes around, hope we'll be around by then. 😂

[@StoicVeR]

mmm.... yes. Russia checked the roster for doom dates and went "Ah, interesting"

[@jewel63875]

Why do I feel pity for the house more than I the dog?

[@teyab5517]

Hm because you are insane?

[@fenrisvermundr2516]

Because unlike the Dog, it continues to go on unaware that anything bad had Happened.

[@kid6805]

In my English class we're reading a bunch of Bradbury's stories, so when my teach said we were reading this I screamed. And now I've introduced my 10th grade English teacher to the world that is Creepypasta.

[@ThePoketrix]

+Ki D Oh dear. I want to hear the end result.

[@seanjustinkvalsvig1581]

This cool 🙋

[@mrsmforlife]

Ray Bradbury was my fave since I was in high school - I don't think he ever wrote a story that wasn't incredible...

[@barbarahecht4617]

Miss Murder- I agree with you. Some of my favorites include- The Fruit At The Bottom of the Bowl, Usher II, The Veldt, and, of course- A Sound of Thunder.

[@maysayumi]

this is amazing, you just made me realise how many alliteration and rhyme that story have

[@DarkWriter760]

Holy crap, I remember this back in grade school. 10 years ago. :O

[@someoneawesome8717]

This story is always leaves me feeling so melancholy, no matter how many times I listen to it

[@HoneyBunchesofToast]

Thanks for this tribute, Mr. CreepyPasta. Ray Bradbury has been a favorite author of mine since I was little, and this story is close to my heart. Truly lovely rendition.

[@illusents]

Hey I knew you would have commented here 8 years ago

[@jawjagrrl]

Interesting to hear all the aspects of a 2026 smart house that have already come to exist by 2021 as I revisit this gem for the first time in over 40 years. Robot vacuums, computerized calendars/talking assistants like alexa, siri, etc. Charming that Bradbury imagined us still playing bridge over martinis, smoking cigars by the fire by this time. We don't worry about nuclear holocaust now the way we did then, having moved on to a not-so-imagined biological armageddon. Perhaps robots will vacuum one day for no one as millions of abandoned digital devices play creepypastas thanks to our perfection of Nicola Tesla's wireless power network...

[@GloomyFish]

I've always liked the way Ray Bradbury writes. It's kind of hypnotic and almost lyrical...

[@MrFusion]

We listened to this in my English class. It was quite strange, but interesting. We really do live in a small world...

[@KeroKirisame]

This fills me with a feeling of emptiness for reasons I do not completely understand...

[@greatgallade]

Maybe because a nuke went off and the world is dead

[@nukey427]

@@greatgallade lool

[@Greel97]

I'm always so proud of myself whenever I finish a good story, no matter what the length. Then I read or listen to some of the works of masters such as Bradbury. The way it's sutble yet does not drag on. The emotions it slowly feeds you is almost like pumping them into you through a small hospital IV drip. He's amazing. The twists and turns... this is what true writing is. And then I go back and delete my stories half the time knowing that it's nowhere near up to par. :(

[@gabinoaguayo5661]

One of my favorite Ray Bradbury short stories.

[@YeagerBomb-ww3bn]

Well, twelve years until this is to be.

[@jasminedecoteau6171]

Yeager Bomb Now it's only 10 yrs to go, well it is almost 2018 (Nov.26th) but damn time flies! ~♤~♡♡♡

[@gothroachie]

9 years, as of now :(

[@jelleptic]

7 now

[@genesisrail]

Now 6 years

[@thatsaboat2882]

It’s the final count down

[@leahp.5019]

I read this short story in high school. It stayed with me for years. Beautifully heartbreaking.

[@krtrs]

I had to read and annotate There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury and the poem my Sara Teasdale which it is based off of. really cool story

[@calicojo3536]

My favorite Ray Bradbury short story.

[@999GHz]

He's good. But he's no Ethan Bradberry.

[@arnab982]

+999GHz "I'm Ethan Bradberry!" XD

[@peterparkersashes6253]

+Arnab Chakravarty I'm dirty Dan.

[@thisguy902]

Sorry, but it has to be done... I AM SPARTACUS!

[@MarsupialMason]

MA NAEM A JEFF

[@maxromero23]

I AM IRON MAN

[@RealMcNills]

Ray Bradbury, forever one of the greatest authors

[@oreo_was_here9621]

I think my favorite part is when the narrator of the story essentially goes, as the fire blazed there was still one asshole robot reading poetry like nothing is happening. To be real, the entire story is amazing. I read it for a class but actively seek it out because of how soon it is set.

[@AliceAeroMCR]

R.I.P Mr. Bradbury, I know of your works but have never had the pleasure of reading them; but this was a wonderful dystopian story

[@Detanon]

Ah, I haven't read this story in years. I think it's the first post-apocalyptic thing I ever read. Though I was really young at the time and didn't understand it very well. It's weird that I forgot about it until hearing you read it. I like how you did the robotic voice!

[@thetealeo]

A brief elaboration of this short story (WARNING SPOILERS): The story is about a lone but futuristic house that survived a nuclear attack. It's residents, now dead from the explosion (silhouettes are proof), the house continues to function itself. Eventually, without their residents to do their parts for them, the house destroys itself as a result of it's own functions, which causes it to burn down. Still, one last wall remains, as the house's AI slowly drifts away...

[@Bru1nsfan95]

2 years to go!

[@MangaManifaction]

More Ray Bradbury stories please. This is a whole new experience from reading them

[@leoperez636]

I never felt so bad for a house as I do now.

[@Lillskank]

He has always been one of my favorite authors. He will be missed.

[@thesnowmaninthesun]

Side note: this one meant a lot to my grandma! She liked Bradbury more than I do! She actually got a couple of his books signed by him a long time ago. Like him, she never went to college either (well, not until about '83) she learned from libraries like he did.

[@Cupkik]

Oh wow this story has been stuck in my head since highschool. Good read, thanks for doing this :) and RIP Ray Bradbury

[@Ethan-ct2px]

Great story, reminds me of Fallout.

[@mynameachef8614]

Ethan Heisey there is a Easter egg in fallout 3 about it

[@macoud12]

+Slender Mam Yes, that Mr. Handy.

[@kallemick]

+Ethan Heisey Understandable... The new fallout 4 trailer with the dog reminded me of this aswell

[@gametimeidk9335]

kind of like in 4 where everyone went into the vault and the AI was left behind

[@yumeminami8681]

Omg I heard Tamaki playing the piano! I like this one! I really like this one!

[@XxAlekseiKayxX]

My english class went over a lot of this mans stories, they were always fantastic. This one was my favorite

[@smilingcrow756]

Yes! I found this months ago and just now I found the piano piece he used in the beginning. It's a little slowed down, but it's "Prelude No. 1 in C Major" by Bach.

[@genesisrail]

Anyone watching in 2020? 😂 2026 is only 6 years away now Be very afraid

[@thatsaboat2882]

The grand finale

[@genesisrail]

@@thatsaboat2882 *finale

[@thatsaboat2882]

Genesis Rail thanks

[@TheMrMayo]

It's 7/8/22 at moment. Not there yet, but couldn't help respond.

[@sarahmoody1193]

Oh my god, that was beautiful. RIP Ray Bradbury.

[@VictorRobotov00]

Like long form poetry. Not a story, no prose, no aim. A lesson in heavy description, adjective use.

[@TheTalemaster]

No aim would be correct.

[@PrimateProductions]

Baron Zemo I agree in that I do not like the way the story is done but there is definitely a story here and definitely a purpose to it obviously you must have missed that

[@6235river]

Welcome to Ray Bradbury. A lot of his short works can be misinterpreted as aimless with a surface analysis.

[@AmbyrLC]

I often teach this and I'm happy to have a great reading of it to share with my class. Thanks!

[@JoysticKnight]

Huzza! Tis not for-shadowing of our eminent demise, but an ode to our blazing technologic creativity and rate...but seriously the people should have ran in the house, it seemed to have made it just fine...

[@jeremiahamundson2165]

Yeah if you haven't, look up the Russian animated one, it's amazing

[@JoysticKnight]

Oh yeah, just checked it out, incredible interpretation, but jesus! (Slaps knee) the whole family might have been obliterated over a bird!

[@oldgus42]

I just finished reading Fahrenheit 451 early last week. When I learned that Bradbury died so soon after I had finished reading his novel, I actually became quite upset. Rest In Peace, Ray Bradbury.

[@lolabalola167]

you're really talented

[@bunnysplicer4427]

We listened to this in my english class today, and the voice sounded super familiar, and I realized/thought it was MCP and it frickin was and im lowkey proud of myself for recognizing your voice lmao. I havent listened to you read anything since like,, 6/7 grade (im in 12th now)

[@TheBiggyJMan]

man i love this story. i read this in English class in 8th grade and i loved it even then. Ray Bradbury was a genius

[@femdayo]

I love how you've got Mozart's Sonata in D major playing in the background at times. God, I love that song.

[@jaketinsleywbc]

i read this book, i can't think of anyone better to narrate it.

[@jreliford34]

We seem closer to this poem, more now than ever.

[@mirallornestarchild3019]

The original poem was by Sara Teasdale in 1918. I think he was inspired by it. But yeah, I had this in school too.

[@mirallornestarchild3019]

oh yeah, he got it. nevermind. lol.

[@TheLawliet10]

He's a very good Sci-fi author. He wrote Fahrenheit 451

[@austinmccuen5089]

I'm convinced Mr creepy pasta is just Elijah wood doing side projects

[@tylerramos7633]

This is still my favorite reading of this story I’ve ever heard

[@MatthewsPersonal]

omg I love Ray Bradbury!:)

[@spawn22222]

Read this my junior year of high school in my English 11 class. Still awesome, great reading choice in memory of his passing.

[@randomperson1365]

Omg i heard this today in school and like a couple people and me all were like is that mr.creepypasta?? Because the teacher didnt say anything other then who the story is by

[@JaegerGX]

Mr Creepypasta reading a short story/poem is not something I expected to hear today. [11:32 August 3, 2023]

[@laurenc4287]

I remember reading this in 6th grade with my class. I was quite taken aback by the story and its contents, likely because most of the short stories we had to read in our textbooks throughout elementary school were boring, uninteresting as hell, and excruciating to sit through.

[@biochemlady]

I remember reading lots of Ray Bradbury in English class. He's a really good author. RIP. ♥

[@peaches4fwee]

I cry every time I read/listen to this

[@avieira611]

I don't want to set the world on fire. I just want to start a flame in your heart....

[@VoldasTeperas]

To this day I still come here...

[@TheShadowOfInnocence]

We did his other book Fahrenheit 451 in class for a few weeks and I thought this author sounded like I knew him then I remembered this :3 I love this author

[@DRSTRANGELOVEIN]

I first read this story when I was 12 years old. It still makes me tear up

[@brandongleneicki5934]

Coincidentally, I just finished a study on Ray Bradbury. :)

[@jtcookie96]

A little chilling to the bone. Never thought I'd feel bad for a house.

[@TnCMinecraft1]

This book is getting at the fact that we will destroy ourselves with nuclear weaponry. This is such a good story... I love it

[@janejanebobanebananafannaf2522]

What makes this cool is that my language arts teacher is teaching us about this story

[@janflower4068]

36 seconds into the story and already I want to cry waaaa...aaaaahh,... I love Ray Bradbury... I need a tissue 😥

[@ThatGuyRaylo]

MrCreepyPasta should revamp this

[@Sclasspsycho]

The only thing I don't get is why the animals would survive while the people didn't. Anyway, great story and reading. Ray Bradbury will be missed by us all. :)

[@AAAAAA-lu5wv]

My reading teacher is using this for a short story and is using this for a narrator

[@TheShortGirl666]

I love me some Ray Bradbury!

[@MichaelSHartman]

81 years minus one day. Thanks for the video.

[@DoctorKandosii]

I wonder if the cheerful talking toaster from the sci fi comedy Red Dwarf is a reference to the talking clock from this story? Anyway, I always wanted to meet Ray Bradbury. Him and Carl Sagan. Those are two dream dinner guests that's for sure.

[@barbarahecht4617]

Me too. And Isaac Asimov.

[@BacsCruise]

One of my favorite authors; rest in peace Ray Bradbury.

[@villi1997]

can you do Something Wicked This way comes, another novel by Ray Bradurry

[@crazydogx73]

Such a great author. Rest in peace.

[@RedFawcett]

My friend, you just got my subscription. Like your work. Thank you.

[@KougasGal101]

"Tick-tock 7 o'clock, time to get up, time to get up 7 o'clock," in MCP's voice. Just found my new alarm tone. 7 is when I get up every day.

[@stefanyfortaneli5346]

I have this my la teacher gave us this i really don't get the story and the answers that i put was is probably the future i don't know

[@TheRiotPirate]

I think you'd find that with a closer look this story actually paints the picture of a renaissance society made wonderful by technology. The destruction at the hands of admittedly another technology is a sad end to what was probably something of a utopia. Bradbury's message here, I would argue, is that we have to take care with to make sure our technological advancements are for the benefit of humanity on a global scale, and that the possibilities of technology are fantastic when well applied.

[@SlasherScott1945]

Hey could you read The Veldt? It's one of my favorite stories from Ray Bradbury. Thanks! :D

[@chromaskunkgamingbogging1562]

I saved this back in 2012 and have continually visited it in my watch later tab and man 2 and a half years out

[@ThexBerserkerxChick]

We read this in class. Oh my god, if you read The Veldt by Ray Bradbury, I would explode. I loved that story.